Avro Vulcan bombers stand lined up at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire in 1960 - Getty It’s ironic that the finest hour of Britain’s V-Force of strategic nuclear bombers came long after it had been stripped ...

The Vulcan B.2 and her sister V-bombers were designed to deliver Britain’s nuclear deterrent deep into Soviet territory.

Even as the V Bombers entered service, the RAF found that it was lacking in a supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft, which could support the bombers during an offensive mission. To avoid ...

-Though nearing retirement, the Vulcan's most famous combat missions were the "Black Buck" raids during the 1982 Falklands War. -In an incredible feat of long-range power projection, a single Vulcan, ...